Ernest William Haslehust

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Ernest William Haslehust (12 November 1866 – 3 July 1949) was an English landscape painter and book illustrator who mainly worked in watercolours. He was born in Walthamstow, Essex (now part of Greater London), the son of William Henry Haslehust. He studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London under Alphonse Legros.

Haslehust joined several art societies, including the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, the Royal Society of British Artists, the Royal West of England Academy, and the Royal British Colonial Society of Artists, and he exhibited widely, including at the Royal Academy in London. He also designed posters for the LNER and LMS railway companies, and his work appeared in magazines such as the Illustrated London News and The Tatler. He was a prolific painter of British landscapes in watercolour.

He contributed to a book called I Wish I Could Paint (The Studio, London, 1945) with text by Percy Bradshaw. He is perhaps best remembered for illustrating 36 volumes of the well-known Beautiful England travel books published by Blackie and Son Limited. Some titles were in the Beautiful England series, while others were in the Beautiful Scotland series (the Scotland titles are marked with a dollar sign in some lists).